Education Ministry announces to cancel CBSE Class 10 Board Exams and postpone Class 12 Exams

The CBSE Class 12 board exams have been postponed and the Class 10 exams have been cancelled, the government said on Wednesday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met top officials from the Education Ministry.

“The results of Class Xth Board will be prepared on the basis of an objective criterion to be developed by the Board. Any candidate who is not satisfied with the marks allocated to him/her on



this basis will be given an opportunity to sit in an exam as and when the conditions are conducive to hold the exams,” the ministry said in a press release.

As for the Class 12 exam, the government will review the situation on June 1 to decide fresh dates and make an announcement at least two weeks before the start of the exam.

The Class 10 and 12 exams were earlier scheduled to start from May 4.